Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT SIL.ORG]

Ah, I wonder if we are now getting to the root of your difficulties, 
Ian. You are arguing circularly for the late date of the Melchizedek 
and El Elyon passages (I could "prove" by exactly the same arguments 
that Gen 14 and Ps 110 are 19th century BC!), and now assuming 
disproved monotheism in Moses' time. Why? Do you hold to the 19th 
century view (which perhaps had racist undertones??) that mankind 
developed from "primitive" animism to "advanced" monotheism? Anyway, 
something close to monotheism is by no means improbable for Moses, if 
he was raised in Egypt not long after the time of Akhenaten.

Peter Kirk



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Subject: Re[3]: Historiography and the Scriptures of Israel
Author:  mc2499 AT mclink.it at internet
Date:    16/02/1999 07:13


At 16.17 15/02/99 -0500, Peter_Kirk AT SIL.ORG wrote: 
>
>What examples of conflict did you intend to cite, Ian? Or couldn't you 
>find any convincing ones? I would be interested to hear of any 
>suggestions (apart from the ones we have heard enough of already e.g. 
>the Philistines in Genesis). But I do not accept as evidence for 
>conflict arguments from silence and absence of archaeological 
>evidence.

Dear Peter,

I understand that you don't like the Philistine example, though it is prime 
and unassailable (and not just in Genesis). How about most of the conquest 
stories? How about the idea of monotheism back to Moses's times?

Ian


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